Basic astronomy and night sky information
Alan Dyer at AmazingSky.net braved the cold of a New Mexico night to capture several hours of Geminid meteors on December 13, 2015 over the Very Large Array.
On December 13 I captured a rain of meteors over the famous VLA Radio Telescope in New… https://t.co/LDWuJMsoQV pic.twitter.com/k9sTk69A5V
— Alan Dyer (@amazingskyguy) December 15, 2015
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As the days tick down to the December solstice, stargazers can engage in a little meteor watching as the Geminids meteor shower peaks during the nights of December 13-14, 2015. One of the best meteor showers of the year, the Geminids shows up to 100-150 meteors per hour in dark sky. This will be an excellent year because the waxing crescent Moon will set before the shower peaks [Read more…] about Geminid Meteor Shower 2015
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Alan Dyer captured this image of Comet Catalina this morning from Arizona. His verdict on the comet is: “Meh.” It’s still a binocular comet, if that. Let’s hope it brightens over the next week or two. Will there EVER be another great comet for northern-hemisphere observers? It’s been nearly 19 years since Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake graced the northern skies!
Here’s a first look at Capturing Comet Catalina in the Arizona desert. https://t.co/8jPxRDZDcU pic.twitter.com/5Ut6tfarc5
— Alan Dyer (@amazingskyguy) December 6, 2015
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A Christmas comet is on the way to our skies. Comet Catalina (C/2013 US 10), which has been slowly brightening in the southern-hemisphere skies all year, has crossed the celestial equator moving north. It will finally become visible to northern-hemisphere observers in the pre-dawn sky from this week through late January, and will remain visible to southern-hemisphere observers until late December. Grab your binoculars and get ready to see this end-of-year visitor from the most distant reaches of the solar system [Read more…] about Comet Catalina Arrives in the Dawn Sky
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The Taurid meteor shower runs from early October through late November each year and peaks in the early morning of November 12. This year, in 2015, that’s just a day after new Moon, which means the sky will be at its darkest for this event. Because they are active over Halloween, and they displayed an impressive outburst about 10 years ago at the end of October, the Taurids are sometimes called the Halloween Fireballs [Read more…] about The Halloween Fireballs
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